trusted platform for food sourcing and wholesale ordering
EthicalHub helps childcare centres and institutions source food from verified suppliers while managing compliance.
At the same time, distributors and suppliers use EthicalHub to run their wholesale operations digitally.
What Describes Your Business? Select the option that best describes your organisation.
Suppliers / Wholesalers / Distributors
Sell your products to ethical buyers and manage compliance, certifications, and delivery records through EthicalHub.
- Showcase your products
- Manage certifications
- Track deliveries
- Connect with institutions
- Get access to Distributor OS
Institution Buyers (Childcare Centres)
Source trusted suppliers and manage procurement, compliance and food safety documentation in one platform.
- Discover vetted suppliers
- Manage compliance
- Track deliveries
- Stay audit-ready
The Reality of Institutional Food Procurement Food procurement for childcare and institutions is still fragmented. Buyers manage multiple suppliers, manual compliance documentation, and disconnected ordering processes. At the same time, distributors and wholesalers often rely on email orders, spreadsheets, manual picking workflows, and limited customer visibility.
What buyers struggle with
- Fragmented supplier sourcing
- Manual compliance tracking and paperwork
- Limited visibility into supplier verification
- Disconnected recurring ordering workflows
What distributors struggle with
- Orders coming via email, phone, and PDFs
- Manual order consolidation and picking
- Limited insight into buying behaviour
- Difficulty scaling recurring B2B accounts efficiently
EthicalHub solves this by connecting procurement, compliance, supplier management, and wholesale operations in one platform.
EthicalHub connects two sides of the food supply chain.
Trusted buyers source from verified suppliers
EthicalHub helps buyers simplify sourcing and compliance in one place.
With EthicalHub you can:
Find vetted food suppliers
Access supplier certificates and documentation
Keep procurement records organised
Prepare for audits more easily
Manage supplier relationships digitally
EthicalHub becomes a central hub for childcare food procurement and compliance.
Suppliers run digital wholesale operations
EthicalHub provides a Distributor Operating System that helps suppliers run their wholesale operations digitally.
With EthicalHub suppliers can:
Launch a branded ordering portal
Manage product catalogues and pricing
Receive and manage wholesale orders
Organise customers and buyer accounts
Access demand from verified childcare buyers
Suppliers keep their brand, pricing, and customer relationships.
Why EthicalHub Exists Food procurement for childcare is often fragmented. Centres manage multiple suppliers while tracking compliance documents separately. Suppliers rely on outdated ordering systems. EthicalHub brings these workflows together into one platform. This creates:
More reliable sourcing
Better transparency
Simpler compliance
More efficient wholesale operations
Modern Ordering & Operations Without Replacing Your Business EthicalHub sits between your customers and your warehouse, helping you digitise wholesale ordering, reduce admin complexity, and gain better customer visibility while keeping your pricing, brand, and relationships fully under your control.
What EthicalHub does
- Replaces manual ordering workflows
- Provides a branded customer ordering experience
- Centralises order consolidation across customers
- Reduces picking complexity and admin load
- Improves repeat ordering and account visibility
- Supports demand forecasting and customer insight
What EthicalHub does not do
- It does not replace your ERP
- It does not control your pricing or margins
- It does not own your customer relationships
- It does not interfere with your logistics model
- It does not force you into marketplace participation
You stay in control. Always. EthicalHub enhances your operation without forcing disruptive change.
EthicalHub Is Built on Three Connected Layers EthicalHub is not an open marketplace and not just ordering software. It is infrastructure that connects trusted trade, compliance visibility, and operational execution.
Trusted Procurement Network
A curated B2B sourcing network where childcare centres and institutions can discover vetted suppliers with verified documentation.
- Vetted supplier discovery
- Verified buyer onboarding
- Ethical sourcing visibility
- Curated demand and trusted participation
Distributor Operating System
A modern operating layer for distributors, wholesalers, and large suppliers managing recurring B2B customers.
- White-label ordering portals
- Catalogue and pricing management
- Order consolidation workflows
- Customer analytics and operational visibility
Compliance & Transparency Layer
Compliance information is embedded directly into procurement workflows rather than being managed in disconnected files and folders.
- Supplier certificates and verification records
- Food safety and delivery documentation
- Audit-ready record keeping
- Operational transparency across the network
The same platform can then support other segments:
Start With Workflow Value. Expand Into Network Value. EthicalHub is designed to plug into existing operations with minimal disruption. No ERP replacement. No heavy implementation cycle. Start with immediate workflow value, then scale into broader network benefits.
Onboard and verify participants
Buyers and suppliers are reviewed, structured, and approved before going live to create trust across the network.
Set up ordering workflows
Distributors launch branded ordering portals while buyers gain a simpler and more reliable procurement experience.
Connect procurement and compliance
Orders, supplier records, and compliance documentation stay connected inside one operational system.
Consolidate and optimise operations
Orders are centralised, picking becomes more efficient, and teams gain better visibility into customer demand.
Start small with a pilot
Most teams begin with a focused pilot involving a limited number of customers or buying locations before expanding.
Scale when ready
Add more customers, expand into new segments, and optionally unlock marketplace participation over time.